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48
Citations
6781
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18493
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7548

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Crop Science Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1979 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 1979 - Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)

Overview

Glenn B. Collins is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing notably to subfields such as molecular biology, epidemiology, cell biology, genetics, and physiology.

The main topics of Collins's work cover ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, autophagy in disease and therapy, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, protein degradation and inhibitors, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and GDF15 and related biomarkers.

Frequent coauthors in Collins's publications include Alfred L. Goldberg, Shan Jiang, M. Srikanth, Shadi Yavari, and Pallavi Gaur.

Collins has published papers in several scientific venues, with notable repeated contributions to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other publication venues include Biomolecules, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Brain, and Human Molecular Genetics.

  • Proteins containing ubiquitin-like (Ubl) domains not only bind to 26S proteasomes but also induce their activation (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Mechanisms That Activate 26S Proteasomes and Enhance Protein Degradation (2021, Biomolecules)
  • Mammalian Ddi2 is a shuttling factor containing a retroviral protease domain that influences binding of ubiquitylated proteins and proteasomal degradation (2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • Early proteasome downregulation and dysfunction drive proteostasis failure in Alzheimer's disease (2025, Brain)
  • PSMC5 insufficiency and P320R mutation impair proteasome function (2024, Human Molecular Genetics)

Collins's research intersects extensively with mechanisms of protein degradation, proteasome activation, and their implications in neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. The scientist's work contributes to understanding the molecular pathways regulating proteostasis and how their dysfunction can drive disease progression.

Throughout their career, Collins has engaged with topics that bridge molecular biology and medicine, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding cellular degradation systems and their broader biological impacts.

Best Publications

  • In Vitro Tissue Culture of Selected Legumes and Plant Regeneration from Callus Cultures of Red Clover 1

    Gregory C. Phillips;G. B. Collins

  • A procedure for plant regeneration from immature cotyledon tissue of soybean

    Paul A. Lazzeri;David F. Hildebrand;Glenn B. Collins

  • Recovery of primary transformants of soybean.

    W. A. Parrott;L. M. Hoffman;D. F. Hildebrand;E. G. Williams

  • Production of transgenic soybean lines expressing the bean pod mottle virus coat protein precursor gene.

    Rong Di;Virginia Purcell;Glenn B. Collins;Said A. Ghabrial

  • Soybean somatic embryogenesis: Effects of hormones and culture manipulations

    Paul A. Lazzeri;David F. Hildebrand;Glenn B. Collins

  • OPTIMIZATION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND EMBRYO GERMINATION IN SOYBEAN

    W. A. Parrott;G. Dryden;S. Vogt;D. F. Hildebrand

  • Factors affecting soybean cotyledonary node transformation.

    C. A. Meurer;R. D. Dinkins;G. B. Collins

  • Agrobacterium induced gall formation in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and formation of shoot-like structures expressing introduced genes

    W. Liu;W. A. Parrott;D. F. Hildebrand;G. B. Collins

  • Increased α-tocopherol content in soybean seed overexpressing the Perilla frutescens γ-tocopherol methyltransferase gene

    Venkata S. Tavva;Yul-Ho Kim;Isabelle A. Kagan;Randy D. Dinkins

  • Soybean somatic embryogenesis: Effects of nutritional, physical and chemical factors

    Paul A. Lazzeri;David F. Hildebrand;Glenn B. Collins

  • INCREASED SULFUR AMINO ACIDS IN SOYBEAN PLANTS OVEREXPRESSING THE MAIZE 15 kDa ZEIN PROTEIN

    Randy D. Dinkins;M. S. Srinivasa Reddy;Curtis A. Meurer;Bo Yan

  • Effect of genotype on somatic embryogenesis from immature cotyledons of soybean

    W. A. Parrott;E. G. Williams;D. F. Hildebrand;G. B. Collins

  • Recent Advances in Soybean Transformation

    Randy D. Dinkins;M. S. Srinivasa Reddy;Curtis A. Meurer;Carl T. Redmond

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens- mediated transformation of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill.] using immature zygotic cotyledon explants.

    B. Yan;M. S. Srinivasa Reddy;G. B. Collins;R. D. Dinkins

  • Auxin-orientation effects on somatic embryogenesis from immature soybean cotyledons

    L. M. Hartweck;P. A. Lazzeri;D. Cui;G. B. Collins

  • In vitro interactions between a potyvirus-encoded, genome- linked protein and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

    John Fellers;Jinrong Wan;Yiling Hong;Glenn B. Collins

  • A rapid screening technique for determining the lipid composition of soybean seeds

    Mark L. Dahmer;Pierce D. Fleming;Glenn B. Collins;David F. Hildebrand

  • Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in pea (Pisum sativum L.).

    Wilfried Kysely;James R. Myers;Paul A. Lazzeri;Glenn B. Collins

  • INHERITANCE OF PER CENT TOTAL ALKALOIDS IN NICOTIANA TABACUM L. II. GENETIC EFFECTS OF TWO LOCI IN BURLEY 21 × LA BURLEY 21 POPULATIONS

    Paul D. Legg;G. B. Collins

  • Gene silencing in transgenic soybean plants transformed via particle bombardment.

    M. S. Srinivasa Reddy;Randy D. Dinkins;Glenn B. Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

David F. Hildebrand
David F. Hildebrand University of Kentucky
Arthur G. Hunt
Arthur G. Hunt University of Kentucky
Wayne A. Parrott
Wayne A. Parrott University of Georgia
Subba Reddy Palli
Subba Reddy Palli University of Kentucky
Said A. Ghabrial
Said A. Ghabrial University of Kentucky
Xuemin Wang
Xuemin Wang University of Missouri–St. Louis
Harold N. Trick
Harold N. Trick Kansas State University
Joseph C. Polacco
Joseph C. Polacco University of Missouri
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia
Jude W. Grosser
Jude W. Grosser University of Florida

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